Railway tie



Nov. 11,1925.

4 J. J.. HOGAN RAILWA? TIE Filed Feb; 4, 1925 H mm INVENTEIR LIEIHN LI-HUEAN Z '7M/%7WZNX Patented Nov. 17, 1925,

unrrrzo STATES .JOHN'JL HOGAN, on sat Louis, MISSOURI.

RAILWAY TIE.

Application filed February 4, 1925. Serial No. 6,779.

To (ZZZ 207mm it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. HOGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have, invented cer tain newand useful Improvements in Railway Ties, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements 1n railway ties, and moreparticularly to such ties as are made wholly of metal.

My primary object is to provide a tie, or sleeper, comprising a basewhich affords a full tamping surface under the tiewhich affords a properballast cushion and a pair of chairs upon which running rails may besupported and secured,,; all formed as a metallic unit.

A further. object is to provide a tie comprising a metallic chair, forthe support of a running rail, having an integral lug which normallystands vertically at a point to be engaged by an edge of a rail base anddesigned to be bent over the rail base to se cure same to the tie.

A further object is to provide a tie constructed of sheet metal andcomprising a base, affording suflicient tamping surface; integralelements upstandlng from the base against which ballast may be placedand tamped and which elements are so designed as to prevent shearingunder unusual strains from rolling stock; integral elementsformed toprovide hollow chairs for the rails, and a reinforcing element in theform of a hollow rib arranged to receive ballast and thereby serve tokey the tie against movements relative to the roadbed.

My improvements consist in the novel construction, arrangement andcombination of parts as hereinafter fully, clearly and conciselydescribed, definitely pointed out 1n my claims and illustrated by theaccompanying drawing, (one sheet) In which' Fig. 1 is a perspective viewof a t1e constructed in accordance with my inventlon, showing one of thechairs with its rail securing lugs as originally formed and a railsupported upon the other chair with 1ts lugs bent to secure the rail.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank from which the tie as shown in Fig. 1may be formed.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the tie I 'Fig. t-is anend View of the tie.

Fi 5 is a transverse sectional elevation taken through the hollowreinforcing rib, and

Fig. 6 isja transverse sectional elevation taken through one of thechairs.

Referring to the drawing A designates the base, or body, of the tie,which, by'preference, is of rectangular oblong shape, and comprisessurfaces 1 and 2 of relatively great area, at each of its ends, andintermediate surfaces 3 and 4 of lesserareas, which surfaces areseparated by a hollow rib 5 up standing from the base and by preferenceextending lengthwise of the tie; At each end of the body A is a flange,or tie-end, 6 which stands vertically, and at each sideof the body is'afiange,or wall, 7 which is bent to stand vertically. 1

Disposed over each surface 1 and 2 is a rail chair 8, whose side marginsabut against the walls 7 and which are provided with intermediate piers,or walls 9, extending to the surfaces 1 and 2.

Thechairs 8 are provided with means for the securement of rails, such as10, shown in Fig. 1, and by preference such rail securing means arepermanent, integral, features, and by still further preference consistof spurs, or lugs, 11, arranged in pairs, the lugs of each pair beingspaced a distance substantially that of the width of the base of astandard running rail. and the pairs of lugs being spaced a distancesubstantially that of the standard rail-gage. The lugsll are shown asbeing formed integral with the chairs as by beingcut and struck up tostand, normally, substantially at a right angle to the chair. To providefor the employment of securing means other than the lugs 11 I provideeach chair with a pair of perforations 12 whereby devices (not shown)extraneous to the tie may be substituted for the lugs 11 for thesecurement of the rail. 7

In providing a tie with the fixed rail securingmeans both theestablishing of the ties and the laying of the rails is facilitated inthat the gage is established and the ties automatically positioned withrespect to the gaged rails.

In Fig. 2 I show a blank employed in making a tie having thecharacteristics just recited, in which the various parts are numbered asin the remaining figures; It will be noted that the margins 01 the parts7 of the blank are substantially straight, While in the formed tie asshown in Fig. 1 the said margins are curved between the chair formingelements. This change of contour is brought about by the forming of thehollow rib 5.

The elements 9, 9 forming the middle pier, or wall for the chair are bypreference united, as by welding, and their united ends 'ioined to thebase, or surfaces 1 and 2 as by welding.

It is to be particularly noted that the walls, or flanges 7 torn'iingthe sides of the tie, n 3:? the flanges (3, forming the ends of ie arebrougl'it to the plane of the base,

'aces 1 and 2 and that the chair conlien is open whereby to providedrainfor the entire tie.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by lietters Patent therefor is l. A tie formed from asingle piece of sheet metal con'iprising a base having plane surfaces ofrelatively great area at each end, flanges forming tie-sides andtie-ends, chairs abutting against the flanges forming the tie-sides,piers or said chairs and integral rail securingmeans on said chairs.

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2. A tie formed from a single piece of Ining same above said base, saidtie-sides ha\' ing portions near the ends of the tie occupying planessubstantially that of the rail base to afford drainage.

An all metal tie comprising a base ha"- ing plane surfaces of relativelygreat area at each end, flanges forming tie sides, chairs formedintegralwith the tie sides and spanning same above the base and a pier formedintegral with the chair between the tie sides nd extending to said planesurfaces of the base.

An all metal tie comprising a base, having substantially plane surfacesof relatively great areas at each of its ends, integral flanges formingtie sides, port-ions of which occupy the plane of the base toafforddrainage, chairs formed integral With the tie sides and spanningsame above the base, a pier formed integral with each chair between thetie sides and extended to and JOHN J. HOGAN.

